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Renal Cell Carcinoma in a Pregnant Woman With Horseshoe Kidney

Authors :
Zael Santana Rios
A. Scavuzzo
C. Díaz-Gómez
Edgar Linden-Castro
Miguel Ángel Jiménez-Ríos
Victor Osornio-Sanchez
Edgar Bravo-Castro
Beatriz Varguez Gonzalez
Pedro Martínez-Cervera
Source :
Urology Case Reports, Urology Case Reports, Vol 13, Iss C, Pp 58-60 (2017)
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Elsevier, 2017.

Abstract

To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of renal cell carcinoma in kidney horseshoe diagnosed in the second trimester of pregnancy. We performed open radical nephrectomy when the pregnancy was completed. Kidney cancer is rare during pregnancy and the symptoms can be mimic urinary infection. The diagnosis and its management can be a challenge.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
22144420
Volume :
13
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Urology Case Reports
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....112c35a57eaf73f0225156ec7aeabd21